Amethyst
Warren Veteran
Rocket went to the vets last Tuesday as his left eye was all inflamed. This happened fairly suddenly although he's always had a faded spot on his left cornea (but this never caused him any problems before). The vet out him on a course of eye drops (2 drops every 4 hours), oral antibiotics (twice a day with food), and Metacam for the pain (once a day with food).
6 days later (today) he went back for a check up. Not good. The inflammation around the eyelids has gone down significantly but the cornea itself hasn't improved at all. The vet said that we could either see an eye specialist, or have the eye removed.
I'm totally in two minds. Rocket does NOT do well at the vets, and all these appointments where they flood his eye, put dye in it, and generally manhandle him somewhat gets him very stressed out. On the other hand, surgery frightens me as he's about 6-7 years old and I've no idea how he'll cope with that.
Does anyone have any advice please? Thanks.
AMETHYST
6 days later (today) he went back for a check up. Not good. The inflammation around the eyelids has gone down significantly but the cornea itself hasn't improved at all. The vet said that we could either see an eye specialist, or have the eye removed.
I'm totally in two minds. Rocket does NOT do well at the vets, and all these appointments where they flood his eye, put dye in it, and generally manhandle him somewhat gets him very stressed out. On the other hand, surgery frightens me as he's about 6-7 years old and I've no idea how he'll cope with that.
Does anyone have any advice please? Thanks.
AMETHYST
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